HCA- CT 11

 Telemedicine Case Study 

Review the following case study: Zaman, T. U., Raheem, T. M. A., Alharbi, G. M., Shodri, M. F., Kutbi, A. H., & Aldaadi, K. S. (2018). Ehealth and its transformation of healthcare delivery system in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences, 7(5), 76-82. Retrieved from https://www.ijmrhs.com/medical-research/ehealth-and-its-transformation-of-healthcare-deliverysystem-in-makkah-saudi-arabia.pdf 

You have been asked by the Board of Directors to write a report evaluating this case study, as they are interested in adding a telemedicine department to your healthcare facility in Saudi Arabia. Be sure to include the following substantive information in your report: 

● Description of the goals of your organization; 

● Evaluation of the barriers to the goals of implementing telemedicine; 

● How communication of your goals to stakeholders can impact achieving your goals; and 

● Recommendations to successfully implementing a telemedicine department in your facility and how you will remove barriers to these goals. 

Your report should meet the following structural requirements: 

● Be 6-7 pages in length, not including the cover or reference pages. 

● Be formatted  APA writing guidelines. 

● Provide support for your statements with in-text citations from a minimum of four scholarly articles. Two of these sources may be from the class readings, textbook, or lectures, but two must be external.

 ● Utilize headings to organize the content in your work. 

please include an in-text citation

please use the references below 

References

Alaboudi, A., Atkins, A., & Sharp, B. (2015). A Holistic Framework for Assisting Decision 

Makers of Healthcare Facilities to Assess Telemedicine Applications in Saudi Arabia. The Seventh International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine, 2015, 203 – 208.

Alaboudi, A., Atkins, A., Sharp, B., Balkhair, A., Alzahrani, M., & Sunbul, T. (2016). Barriers 

and challenges in adopting Saudi telemedicine network: The perceptions of decision makers of healthcare facilities in Saudi Arabia. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 9(6), 725-733.

Alloubani, A., Almatari, M., & Almukhtar, M. M. (2014). Effects of leadership styles on quality 

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Birch, S., & Listl, S. (2015). The economics of oral health and health care. Retrieved from: 

https://ssrn.com/abstract=2611060

Dunkl, A., Jiménez, P., Žižek, S. Š., Milfelner, B., & Kallus, W. K. (2015). Similarities and 

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El-Mahalli, A. A., El-Khafif, S. H., & Al-Qahtani, M. F. (2012). Successes and challenges in the

implementation and application of telemedicine in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia. 

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Institute of Medicine. (1996) Committee on Evaluating Clinical Applications of Telemedicine. 

Telemedicine: A Guide to Assessing Telecommunications in Health Care. Washington, 

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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia vision 2030. (2016). Saudi vision 2030. Retrieved from: 

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https://www.moh.gov.sa/en/Ministry/eParticipation/Policies/Pages/Policy.aspx?PID=1

Nagayoshi, Y., Oshima, S., Ogawa, H., & Kumamoto Telemedicine Network Group. (2016). 

Clinical impact of telemedicine network system at rural hospitals without on-site cardiac 

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Obstfelder, A. (2003). Social dilemmas in a telemedicine network: Experience with the implementation of the Norwegian Pathology Network. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 9(1), 29-30. 

O'Gorman, L., Hogenbirk, J., & Warry, W. (2016). Clinical Telemedicine Utilization in Ontario over the Ontario Telemedicine Network. Telemedicine And E-Health, 22(6), 473-479. 

Van Dyck, C., Dimitrova, N. G., de Korne, D. F., & Hiddema, F. (2013). Walk the talk: Leaders’ 

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